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Megalodon

Megalodon. What is a Megalodon?. A Megalodon was a prehistoric shark longer and wider than nearly two school buses with a length of more than 16 metres long the biggest being nearly as long as a blue whale.

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Megalodon

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  1. Megalodon

  2. What is a Megalodon? • A Megalodon was a prehistoric shark longer and wider than nearly two school buses with a length of more than 16 metres long the biggest being nearly as long as a blue whale. • Their teeth were approximately 7.1 inches or more making them the largest shark teeth ever found.

  3. Nail Biting Facts • Their main food source was whale! Including ones much bigger than themselves. • They swam the colossal oceans 28 to 1.5 million years ago during the cenozoic era • Megalodon teeth have been excavated in many places including New Zealand! And somehow some have been found at the bottom of the Mariana trench the deepest place on the planet!

  4. Megalodon vs. Great White • The Megalodon’s bite force was between 24,400 lbs. and 41,100 lbs. while Great White shark’s have a bite force of 4,200 lbs. • The largest Megalodon was 30m long while the biggest Great White shark was 11.3m long. • The Megalodon’s scientific name is Carcharodon Megalodon and the Great White’s scientific name is Carcharodon Carcharias

  5. Bone Clattering photos

  6. More things on wikispaces • On wikispaces there is a new wiki called the Megalodon Club which I created to show more information all you have to do to join is go onto my page on the wiki click the link to the Megalodon page then click the next link then you would be on a fun wiki with loads of things about the Megalodon such as YouTube clips and websites.

  7. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark • www.youtube.com • http://galearning.com/fun-analysis/megalodon-shark-analysis/

  8. Thanks for watching!!!  Thank you to those who enjoyed my presentation and I hope you look for the Megalodon Club for more!

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